"These things also count as weapons!" for now Aster put it into his inventory. Aster asked the captain with a gentle smile "Captain how about we explore the rest of the college together?" Lyra agreed without thinking much and they explored the other halls in the college together.
In the evening Aster went to the room Saint Helena college provided for him and everyone else. Aster was very surprised to see the guest room he was given was almost compared to his rank 9 dormitory.
Aster summoned the grappling gun. Aster touched the gun and grapple skill appeared in his system.
System:
Skill:
Grapple level 1(0/1000)
"Alright, grapple" Aster thought of "grapple" in his mind, instantly an invisible string made of mana manifested from his body to the place he was looking and pulled him towards that place at a high speed.
Skill:
Grapple level 1(1/1000)
Aster looked at his system. Even though he practically moved. The system didn’t count this as Aster moving himself as a result slot’s authority was still active.
"Great! I can now move to Dodge attack without losing much of my mana, Now all I need is to level up this skill" Aster said with excitement.
If the system counts these as weapons, maybe I can make some custom weapons for many different functions. My life would be so much easier.
But before that I need to level up this one.
Aster went to the bedroom and lay down on the bed. "After all these practices in the dream realm, I discovered another function of my talent. With my talent I can fall asleep anytime I want, I can even set a time when I want to wake. This Talent could have been a life saviour in my previous life." Aster thought.
Aster fell asleep and entered his dream realm. There he imagined the grappling gun and it appeared right in his hand exactly the way Aster imagined it.
Aster held it with his hand. The system was showing the skill but Aster couldn’t use it. Then Aster used it physically, he triggered the gun and its head which was attached with a rope shoot out. "Oh I forgot to make a target to climb" Aster Imagined a wall with thick bricks and it was manifested.
Aster aimed at the top of that and fired. The top of the gun shot out and stuck into the top of that wall. Another trigger and the gun retracted pulling Aster at the top of the wall.
Grapple level 1(2/1000)
After that, Aster kept using the grappling gun again and again. He used it the entire night in his dream realm.
In the morning, Aster wakes up fresh. Aster summoned his grappling gun and thought of it, Instantly a string pulled him out of the bed to the middle of the room
System Window:
Skill:
Grapple level 10 (1/6000): Manifest 2 Grapple effect per second. Range 10m
As Aster looked through the system.
"Grrr...."
Aster grabbed his stomach "shit I forgot to eat dinner last night, I have tons of food stored in my inventory but let them stay there I liked this called food"
Aster stayed still holding the grappling gun and started to spam grapple. Two invisible strings kept manifesting one after another taking Aster towards the cafeteria at an astronomical speed. Aster was really enjoying this "Yek yeah! HAHAHAH! THIS IS SO FUN!!!"
In the way Aster passed by a lot of students. They all were staring at Aster’s unusual way of moving. He himself was showing no sign of moving just standing still but still was moving at a high speed like something pulling him from front.
After finishing his breakfast everyone was called out to gather in the arena "All the participants of the college ranking tournament, arrive at the arena within 10 minutes"
The arena was a big square shaped platform surrounded by audiences. The principals were sitting at the opposite side of the entrance.
"Now we are going to draw a lottery to see which team gets a bye directly to the next round" Principal of the Saint Helena said and draw a lottery. He picked a folded paper opened it "The team who got the bye is Saint Helena Martial Art College"
"Bastard! They rigged the lottery to bye their time from one round. Every other team will be Injured in the next round their team will be in perfect shape, signn... what to do it’s their college they have the home field advantage" General Cassius though himself crossing his arms.
Now the First battle will be between... The principal drew 2 more lottery and opened them Military Martial Art College Vs Lincoln Martial Art College. Please both College send your first student to compete in the match.
"Who should go first?" Yor asked. Adrian and Alas both wanted to go first to fight. Captain Lyra stared at the opponent student "Aster you go first" she said while still looking at the opponent students and added
"Right now, our priority is to advance to the next round with as few injuries as possible. So, Aster, we’ll send our strongest fighter first. That way, the rest of the team won’t have to risk getting injured"
Aster wanted to refuse to go but he was in debt to her, So Aster without saying anything went towards the arena.
Aster stood in the arena and everyone was staring at him. Aster put his one hand in his pant’s pocket and summoned the Grappling gun inside so no one could see it. On his other hand he summoned his staff given by the military and also wrapped his hand with chains.
Everyone saw Aster standing, slightly leaning on his staff with one hand in his pocket.
The first student who came from the opponent team is Marcus Hale
Aster looked at him
System Window
Name: Marcus Hale
Class: Monk
Weapon: Staff
"Monk class is focused on defense and attack; it’s a very good class for the Rearguard" Aster thought.
"The match starts now" the referee started the match.